State comptroller scolds Monmouth County commissioners for secret salary hikes

[TexasTowelie]

The Monmouth County Board of County Commissioners flouted state law when it disregarded the required public process to boost commissioners’ and the county sheriff’s salaries, according to a new report from the Office of the State Comptroller.

Circumventing the state-mandated process erodes public confidence in local government, the Comptroller’s Office said in a statement.

“Transparency as to the salaries of public officials is a critical safeguard against misuse of taxpayer funds,” Comptroller Kevin D. Walsh wrote in a letter sent this week to Thomas A. Arnone, the board’s director.

The Monmouth County Commissioners’ office didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment.

The five-member, all-Republican commissioner board gave themselves $3,000 annual raises in 2020 and bumped up Sheriff Shaun Golden’s salary more than $42,000 since 2016 — but in doing so, disregarded a statute mandating a five-step public process, the report says. Golden is chairman of the Monmouth County Republican Committee.

Read more: https://newjerseymonitor.com/briefs/state-comptroller-scolds-monmouth-county-commissioners-for-secret-salary-hikes/

[TheBlackAdder]

1. Sounds like Grand Larceny when you give yourselves pay increases and knowingly violate procedure.

[Chicago1980]

2. What a shocker!!!

Republicans disregarding the law and public process for money.

The state should file suit for repayment of funds.

[onetexan]

3. Yup. What else is new? Its ok when repugs do this kind of crap

Note they got a "scolding"

[keithbvadu2]

4. When you can vote for your own pay and benefits, it becomes more obvious how much more you truly des

When you can vote for your own pay and benefits, it becomes more obvious how much more you truly deserve.